University of Portland

University of Portland is a private institution that was founded in 1901. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,374 (fall 2022), its setting is urban, and the campus size is 108 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Portland's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities West, #2. Its tuition and fees are $54,900.

The University of Portland, also known as UP, is a Catholic school in northwest Oregon. Undergraduates can choose from about 40 majors, and first-year students can take advantage of the Shepard Freshman Resource Center, which offers services to help them adjust to college. UP offers nearly 15 graduate programs, including those in the Pamplin School of Business and the School of Nursing.

Off campus, students can visit nearby attractions, such as the Oregon Zoo and the Alberta Arts District, and both the Portland Art Museum and the Portland Opera offer discounted student tickets. UP students can also join any of the school’s dozens of organizations or play on one of the nearly 15 club sports teams. UP also offers more than a dozen varsity sports teams, called the Pilots, that compete in the NCAA Division I West Coast Conference. Notable alumni include several international soccer players and Donald Shiley, co-inventor of an artificial heart valve.